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Sawad Hussain

Portrait of translator Sawad Hussain

Contributor

Sawad Hussain

Sawad Hussain is the winner of the 2019 Arablit Short Story Prize and two English PEN Translates awards. She co-teaches a workshop on translating Arabic comics at UK secondary schools via the collective Shadow Heroes. Her recent translations include resistance novella Passage to the Plaza (shortlisted for the 2020 Palestine Book Awards) and the groundbreaking experimental short fiction collection A Bed for the King’s Daughter. She holds an MA in modern Arabic literature from the School of Oriental and African Studies.

Articles by Sawad Hussain

September-2022-International-Translation-Day-Feature

From left to right: Nicholas Glastonbury, Sawad Hussain, Yilin Wang, Stefan Tobler

What Comes after #NameTheTranslator?

By Yilin Wang, Stefan Tobler, Sawad Hussain & Nicholas Glastonbury

When we celebrate the increasing visibility of translation, we should also ask about what languages and literatures—and, consequently, what human experiences—are afforded visibility.

Portrait of a Libyan Scream

By Najwa Bin Shatwan

Later this month, UEA Publishing Project will release Mo(a)t: Stories from Arabic, an anthology of short fiction by Arabophone writers from the African diaspora, edited by Garen Torikian and…

Translated by Sawad Hussain

Adabai

Their nayffara is a flutelike instrument heavy with history, deeply immersed in sorrow.

Translated from Arabic by Sawad Hussain

Aperture: Sudanese Female Novelists Coming into Focus

By Sawad Hussain

Is there some sort of double marginalization at play?

Black Saturday

By Djamila Morani

Soothsayers tell the truth even when they’re lying.

Translated from Arabic by Sawad Hussain

University Student

By Sahar Khalifeh

I was a woman: young, alone, divorced, left without a guardian or virtue, meaning that in society’s eyes I was an easy target.

Translated from Arabic by Sawad Hussain

Razor Blade Rattle and the Beginnings of Being Tamed

By Ishraga Mustafa

How could they, when these women themselves had been through so much pain?

Translated from Arabic by Sawad Hussain

Multilingual

Beyond Representation: Life Writing by Women in Arabic

By Sawad Hussain & Nariman Youssef

One cannot write about real-life experiences from the place of the “I” without laying claim to a place in the world.

Run, George!

By Najwa Bin Shatwan

“There is hope. There is joy. Come on, George, let’s grab a slice of some of that fun and happiness for ourselves!”

Translated from Arabic by Sawad Hussain

Multilingual